The objective and purpose of the Idaho Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers is to promote study and research in the field of criminal law and related subjects; to disseminate by lecture, seminars, and publications the knowledge of the law relating to criminal defense practice and procedure; to promote the proper administration of justice, to foster, maintain, and encourage the integrity and independence of the judicial system and the expertise of the defense lawyer in criminal cases; to hold periodic meetings of defense lawyers and to provide a forum for the exchange of information regarding the administration of criminal justice, and thereby to protect individual rights and improve the criminal law, its practices and procedures.